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Marketing “Black is Beautiful” a collaborative Effort That Went Viral 51 Years Ago

The times they are a-changin’.

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Below is the 2013 articles as well as update links! (see past links at end of the post) Honestly, I have a ton of work to do, but I could at least stop long enough to honor those in whose footsteps I walk! Last Year (2012 ) I spent January 28th Speaking to Kwame Brathwaite and learned it was an economic marketing strategy to move us towards “Buying Black”.

It was a Movement that went viral to the Caribbean, Africa, Europe before the Internet! Artist-designers musicians they created and shared the message in the mediums they were familiar with! They shared and worked together… What I realized was that many of the efforts that were currently being executed around me in terms of The Black, African Diaspora Fashion/Creative Industry had been tried! What I also realized was that we had no real method of reporting and sharing from within the industry and this allowed misconstrued perceptions to flourish! Below is a list of links that tell more on the story, you can connect with Kwame on his instagram page!

This year I am continuing my Black Dress Project looking at Designers Of color Globally! I am Also Looking at a celebration Back Redress By, for and off designers within the Black diaspora Globally … I am spearheading a number of initiative to help designers and thus far the results have been great… but working together and building momentum…. We’ll see

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